SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister insisted Monday a referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage will be held this year if his government is re-elected despite the Labor opposition calling it “a taxpayer-funded platform for homophobia.”

The country holds elections on July 2 with the latest opinion poll showing the ruling Liberal-led coalition and Labor neck-and-neck.

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